Sash-holder.



(a. FUNK. SASH H OLDER. APPLICATION HLED FEB-2,1917

Patented July 3, 1917.

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GODFREY FUNK, OF TUCUMCARI. NEW MEXICO.

SASH-I-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 3, 191i? Application filed February 2, 1917. Serial No. 146,179.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GODFREY FUNK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tucunicari, in the county of Quay, State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Sash-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will e11- able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of builders hardware, and more particularly to a simple, improved sash holder or fastener, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide a device of this kind, par ticularly designed for holding the sash in different adjusted positions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder, which will eliminate the employment of sash cords, weights and the like.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder which will not only frictionally hold the sashes in different adjusted positions, but will hold them close to the guide strips of the window frame, thereby preventing rattling, as well as so holding the sashes that the air is materially prevented from entering the window.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder having means to engage the face of the window frame between the inside guide strip and the parting strip, or between the parting strip and the outside guide strip, to prevent the sashes from binding, by becoming disposed in angular positions. In order to gain this result, holders are carried by the upper and lower portions of the side rails of both sashes, thereby preventing the side edges of the side rails from contacting directly on the inner faces of the window frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder which will hold the lower rail of the upper sash substantially close against the upper rail of the lower sash.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the holder or fastener applied to upper and lower sashes.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line al4 of Fig. 1-, showing a portion of the outside guide strip broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1-. is a detail perspective view of the holder or fastener detached.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a blank from which the dual holder is constructed.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a window frame, which is provided with the inner and outer guide strips 2 and 3 and the parting strip l. Guided by the strips 2, 3 and i, are the upper and lower sashes 5 and 6, the side rails 7 of which are designed to be provided with recesses or pockets 8, two upon each side rail, one at the top and one at the bottom.

The holders are secured to the sashes to prevent the same from binding angularly in its guides during their vertical move ments. This result is attained by the provision of a compound or dual holder constructed from a single piece or strip of spring sheet metal. The holder is constructed by bending the single piece of metal longitudinally and then forming its end portions with V-shaped slits or slots 13, in order to provide the two sets of arms lt and 15. After so constructing the single strip of sheet metal, the same may be bent longitudinally from the adjacent crotches of the slits or recesses 13 on the scored line 16, thereby providing two sash holders 17 and 19, one acting to hold the sashes close to gether and closely in contact with their guide strips, the other performing to hold the sashes true and smoothly in their guides, in such wise as to prevent angular binding on the inner faces of the window frame. The holder will serve the purpose intended in many instances, but where the sashes are extraordinarily large and heavy, they may bind during their raising and lowering movements. Hence, by the provision of the dual or compound holder, this angular binding on all sashes is substantially avoided, if not entirely eliminated, particularly, on large and heavy or extraordinarily long sashes. The arms 14 of the holder 17 are so shaped as to afford the bulged portion 19. The curved surfaces of the ends of the arms 14: of the holders of both sashes engage the parting strip and the outside guide strip. The arms 15 of the holder 18 are also shaped to afford a bulge 20 similar to the bulge 19,

but this bulged portion is at right angles vto the bulge 19, and the outer curved surfaces of the arms 15 engage the'inner faces of the sides of the window frame, thereby equalizing the position of each sash, and preventing angular binding of the sash during its rais ing and lowering movements, which has been found a very essential feature of the present invention. The spring action of the arms of eachand every holder should not be so great as to cause friction enough to prevent movement of the sashes, but just sufficient friction to enable the sashes to be raised and lowered easily, and hold the sashes in different adjusted positions.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful, is

1. An article of manufacture, comprising a compound sash holder, constructed from a single strip of-spring sheet metal bent lon gitudinally upon itself to form a base portion secured to the outer face of the side sash rail and a similar portion at right angles to the base portion and the outer face of the sash rail, the opposite ends of the holder being provided with V-shaped slits, thereby causing to be formed spring arms at the opposite ends of said right angle portions, the arms of the base portion being curved to engage the inner face of the outer sash guide strip, whereby the sash is held in contact with the parting strip, the arms of Copies of this patent may be obtained for the other right angle portion being curved toward the inner face of the window frame, to hold the sash balanced, whereby the sash is prevented from angular binding.

2. In combination with upper and lower sashes of a window, means upon vthe upper and lower outer faces of the side rails of both sashes to hold the sashes in different adjusted positions, each of said means comprising a compound holder, constructed from a single spring metal sheetbent longitudinally upon itself to form portions at right angles to each other, one portion constituting a base secured to the outer face of the sash rail and having upwardly and downwardly extending spring arms curved toward and engaging the inner face of the outer sash guide strip, to hold the sash toward and-engaging H the parting strip, the otherright angle portion extending at right angles'to the outer face of the sash rail and having upwardly and downwardly extending spring arms curved toward and engaging the window frame, whereby the sash is held against angular bindin g In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GODFREY FUNK.

Witnesses J. A. DYKES, I. H. SIsNnY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents: Washington, D. 0. 

